{"id":20649,"date":"2024-12-01T06:47:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T06:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teise.org\/?p=20649"},"modified":"2025-07-14T06:52:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T06:52:29","slug":"20241201-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/20241201-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The search for the exemplary prison officer in a new publication by researchers from the Law Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Since the summer of 2023, researchers from the Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences \u2013 Dr. R\u016bta Vai\u010di\u016bnien\u0117, Dr. Simonas Nikartas, and PhD candidate Liubov\u0117 Jarutien\u0117, under the leadership of Dr. Art\u016bras Tere\u0161kinas \u2013 have been implementing the project \u201cChanges in prison officers\u2019 professional roles within the shifting custodial sentencing policy and practice\u201d (PRISTA)<\/a>. The aim of this project is to analyse the dilemmas Lithuanian prison officers face in their attempts to implement their professional role and to examine how this role has been changing in the context of current reforms.<\/p>

Based on a large body of empirical data collected during the implementation of this project \u2013 including semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions with Lithuanian prison officers and policymakers \u2013 Law Institute researcher Dr. R\u016bta Vai\u010di\u016bnien\u0117 and Goda Dainauskait\u0117 published an article titled \u201cThe Ideal Prison Officer Reconsidered: Between Institutional Expectations and Everyday Practice\u201d in the Criminology Studies (Kriminologijos studijos) journal of Vilnius University Press.<\/p>

In this article, intended for a Lithuanian audience, the authors examine both global and local shifts in the penal system \u2013 including transformations in institutional governance and penal philosophy, the rise and expansion of managerial approaches in prisons, and changes in power dynamics and structures. This context significantly shapes the professional life of prison officers \u2013 it is not only about political declarations and strategic plans, but also a constant element of their everyday work.<\/p>

Drawing on the insights and experiences of policymakers and prison officers, the article discusses the challenges of policy development and implementation, the everyday difficulties of working in prison, and the evolving role of resocialization unit specialists \u2013 contact officers \u2013 as well as the alignment of this role with institutional expectations and practical realities.<\/p>

The abstract in English is available here<\/a> (the article is in Lithuanian).<\/p>

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Lietuvos socialini\u0173 moksl\u0173 centro Teis\u0117s instituto mokslininkai dr. R\u016bta Vai\u010di\u016bnien\u0117, dr. Simonas Nikartas ir dokt. Liubov\u0117 Jarutien\u0117, vadovaujami dr. Art\u016bro Tere\u0161kino, nuo 2023 met\u0173 vasaros vykdo Lietuvos mokslo tarybos finansuojam\u0105 projekt\u0105 \u201e\u012ekalinimo \u012fstaig\u0173 pareig\u016bn\u0173 profesinio vaidmens transformacijos kai\u010dioje bausmi\u0173 vykdymo politikoje ir praktikoje\u201c (PRISTA). Projekto tikslas \u2013 i\u0161analizuoti, su kokiomis dilemomis susiduria Lietuvos \u012fkalinimo \u012fstaig\u0173 darbuotojai, m\u0117gindami \u012fgyvendinti savo profesin\u012f vaidmen\u012f, bei kaip \u0161is vaidmuo kinta \u0161iandienini\u0173 reform\u0173 kontekste. Remiantis \u0161io projekto vykdymo metu surinktu empirini\u0173 duomen\u0173 masyvu \u2013 pusiau strukt\u016bruotais interviu ir fokusuot\u0173 grupi\u0173 diskusijomis su Lietuvos kal\u0117jim\u0173 pareig\u016bnais ir politikos formuotojais \u2013 Teis\u0117s instituto mokslinink\u0117 dr. R\u016bta Vai\u010di\u016bnien\u0117 ir Goda Dainauskait\u0117 Vilniaus universiteto leidyklos \u017eurnale \u201eKriminologijos studijos\u201c publikavo straipsn\u012f \u201ePavyzdinio kal\u0117jimo darbuotojo beie\u0161kant: tarp formali\u0173 l\u016bkes\u010di\u0173 ir kal\u0117jimo kasdienyb\u0117s\u201c. Lietuvi\u0161kai auditorijai skirtame straipsnyje autor\u0117s nagrin\u0117ja globalius ir vietinius poky\u010dius bausmi\u0173 vykdymo sistemoje \u2013 institucin\u0117s valdysenos ir penitencin\u0117s filosofijos transformacijas, vadybin\u0117s prieigos kal\u0117jimuose \u012fsigal\u0117jim\u0105 ir pl\u0117tr\u0105, galios disponavimo ir strukt\u016bros kism\u0105. \u0160is kontekstas reik\u0161mingai formuoja pareig\u016bno profesin\u012f gyvenim\u0105 \u2013 tai ne vien politin\u0117s deklaracijos ir strateginiai planai, bet ir nuolat lydintis kasdienio darbo elementas. Straipsnyje remiantis politikos formuotoj\u0173 ir kal\u0117jim\u0173 pareig\u016bn\u0173 \u012f\u017evalgomis bei patirtimis aptariami politikos formavimo ir diegiam\u0173 poky\u010di\u0173 sunkumai, kasdienio darbo kal\u0117jime i\u0161\u0161\u016bkiai bei resocializacijos skyriaus specialist\u0173 \u2013 kontaktini\u0173 pareig\u016bn\u0173 \u2013 vaidmens permainos ir suderinamumas su l\u016bkes\u010diais ir galimyb\u0117mis. Straipsn\u012f galite rasti \u010dia. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20650,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,267],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-naujienos","category-267"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20649"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20654,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20649\/revisions\/20654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}